A new material absorbs up to 99 percent of light that hits its surface, making it the ‘blackest’ man-made material ever produced. Scientists from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have developed a material comprising nanoparticles composed of a nano rod – which helps absorb light. Light is absorbed regardless of the angle or polarization at which it hits... 

The virus-based electrode produced a small current enough to flash "1" on a liquid-crystal display. A team of US researchers in California have used viruses to build tiny devices that gather energy from mechanical forces and convert it into electricity. “More research is needed, but our work is a promising first step toward the development of personal power generators, actuators for...